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Document Type
Research
Keywords
Fish pigments, carotenoids, pterins, Siamese Fighting Fish, Betta splendens
Abstract
Red and yellow pigments of two mutants of the Siamese Fighting Fish, Betta splendens, were analyzed. Chromatographic separations of integumentary material showed that reel mutants have reel pterin and carotenoid pigments. Yellow mutants have both types but not the same specific pigments.
Publication Date
April 1972
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
79
Issue
1
First Page
34
Last Page
37
Copyright
©1972 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Royal, B. Katherine and Lucas, Gene A.
(1972)
"Analysis of Red and Yellow Pigments in Two Mutants Of the Siamese Fighting Fish, Betta splendens,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 79(1), 34-37.
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https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol79/iss1/11